PLAST FESTIVELY CELEBRATES CENTENARY

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of PLAST in Ukraine, scouts from Canada, the United States, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Argentina, Australia, and the United Kingdom came to Lviv. Currently PLAST has more than 10,000 members, of whom 6,000 are in Ukraine. On Sunday August 19, 2012, the scouts attended a Hierarchal Divine Liturgy celebrated by Bishop Hlib Lonchyna, Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainian Catholics in Britain. At the Liturgy members of PLAST were thanked for their active summer camps and received a blessing for their future endeavors in the upcoming year. After the service, participants marched through the central streets of Lviv to the monument to Taras Shevchenko, where the grand opening of the jubilee meeting was held. City mayor Andriy Sadoviy congratulated PLAST scouts and acknowledged that the PLAST National Scout Organization is a bright example for Ukraine. Approximately 700 scouts formed the “Longest Chain of PLAST Scarves” – a new national record for Ukraine. The festivities run till August 24 and culminated in the huge scout township organized by the scouts for Lviv citizens.